Remove Total PC

Total PC is an adware browser program, that displays pop-up ads and advertisements on web pages. The “Ads by Total PC” advertisements will be shown as various coupons, as underlined keywords, pop-up ads or advertising banners. Total PC is advertised as software that displays coupons for sites you are visiting and competitive prices when you are viewing product pages at sites like ebay and Amazon. Though this may sound like a useful thing, the Total PC program is very intrusive and displays ads whether you want them to or not.

When installed, the Total PC browser extension will display advertising banners, pop-up advertisements and in-text ads, stating that they are brought to you by “Total PC”. The ads will have different text under the pop-up such as “Powered by Total PC” or “Ads by Total PC”. These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other PUPs (potentially unwanted programs), all so the Total PC publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.

When infected with Total PC the common symptoms include:

Advertising banners are injected with the web pages that you are visiting.

Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user’s knowledge.

How did Total PC get installed on my computer?

Total PC is an adware program that is commonly bundled with other free programs that you download off of the Internet. Unfortunately, some free downloads do not adequately disclose that other software will also be installed and you may find that you have installed Total PC without your consent. You should always pay attention when installing software because often, a software installer includes optional installs, such as this Total PC adware. Be very careful what you agree to install and always opt-out. Always opt for the custom installation and deselect anything that is not familiar, especially optional software that you never wanted to download and install in the first place.

How to Remove Total PC

ByteFence Anti-Malware is a free removal program designed to remove Total PC as well as other malware and adware on your computer. ByteFence scan and removal is 100% free. Please follow the steps below to allow ByteFence to automatically find and remove any traces of malware.

Step 1. Download ByteFence Anti-Malware from the link below. Save the file named bytefence-installer.exe to your Desktop so that we can easily access the file.

Step 2. After downloading, navigate to the file bytefence-installer.exe and double-click it. This will start the installation procedure. User Account Control will prompt if you want to run the program, click Yes to continue.

Step 3. On initial launch of the ByteFence program, it will display a welcome screen as shown in the image below. Click Next to start the installation procedure.

Step 4. Next, you need to accept the license agreement before ByteFence Anti-Malware can be installed onto the computer. Choose ‘I accept the terms in the license agreement’. Then, click Next button.

Step 5. On the next prompts, please click appropriate button to proceed. At the end of the installation process, it will display ByteFence Anti-Malware Setup Completed. Just leave the Launch ByteFence checked and, click Finish.

Step 6. Once launched, ByteFence will begin scanning your computer for Total PC along with other malware, worms, Trojans, spyware, adware and potentially unwanted software. The initial scan will take about 5 to 10 minutes depending on the size of your computer. During this scan process you can close or minimize the window. Once the scan has completed it will notify you.

Step 7. After the scan completes you will be presented with a a number of detected malware if your computer turns out to be infected with Total PC along with other risks. You can scroll through the list of all risks detected and check all risks that you would like ByteFence to automatically remove from your computer. (Please not the screen below will be dependent of what risks are found on your computer.)

Step 8. In the bottom right hand corner of the window click the Removed Checked button to begin the removal process. This should take only a few moments.

Step 9. Once complete your computer will be risk free and Total PC should be completely removed. if you have run a quick scan you might want to run a full scan afterwards to make sure any left-over items are removed as well (although items are no longer active you might want to remove them too).

Step 10. Just keep ByteFence installed and its real-time protection and schedule scans will keep your computer safe from now on.